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Attachment : IMG_0596.JPG\ Ready to rope up, heel block gap closed as best as possible. Wish I'd left a bit more sticking up, as I couldn't sand all of it. Attachment : IMG_0598.JPG\ Inner...

How do these data guide the soaking time for bending sides and final back thickness? Absolutely no idea...but... I have used Lacewood (London Plane) for sides and the bending was not a problem - V Ea...

Cheers. Meant to say too that it is a 19" body based on a small 1950's Gibson with this beautiful shape. Couple of areas of novice mistakes however- one of my back braces must not have been flat on th...

Thanks - it's a pleasure! Great pics - damn she is looking beautiful..

Well on the way now. Roseline (of Roslin) guitars lives! Thanks to team Bailey for holding my hand via all the amazing videos and attention to communications. Scarf jointed maple neck and truss rod a...

Progress thanks to the bad weather. Making the ancillary bits and bobs and have ordered all the parts to finish the guitar. Decided on stain colour. Not green!!!! Attachment : IMG_20200211_154844[...

Oh Wow excellent John. Favourite colour for an archtop has to be heritage cherry red. Attachment : es-335-2016-hd-4-111129.png

Green was my favourite colour for guitars once - I was going to call my company 'Green Guitars' - and they were all going to be green...glad I didnt'! I have some green color tone stain if you want to...

You were right Mark. Side dots only. Frets next. Been experimenting with water based dyes on scraps from the original body wedges but don't think the maple will "pop" like the really flamed guitars do...

Looks really good!

Great work John ! Thanks for sharing the pics - Inspiring. Inlays and frets then you are ready for finishing? Are you going to leave the front of the fretboard blank (side dots only)?

Previously posted under "Return of the Thistle" I have been making slow progress. Main problem was the hand cut dovetail neck joint which is now complete and done with very sharp chisels, a digital mi...

Thanks guys! I have often thought that the tiny sound hole on the petite bouche was a bit of a 'FU!' to Mario Maccaferri who had fallen out with, and ended his association with, the Selmer Company by ...

Amazing work - When we made ours I think we did the same thing (use a radius dish like we do on the back) - it was a few years ago! The soundboard should be flexible enough to conform to the shape.

That’s all looking very good!

Anyone old enough to remember this project? It is actually over a year since I did any work on this guitar, having stopped to think about how to shape the sides to take the pliaged soundboard. The sha...

Love the bass Herb, nice build. It really is a good fix for the inlays, glad you got it sorted, I bet it felt like nightmare when you realised you had put them in the wrong place. I can just imagine t...

Bass-tastic - Glad to help!

During a hiatus in my acoustic build I thought I'd try my hand at 34" scale, bolt-on neck bass. Here's what happened... Full scale drawing, a book-matched maple top from Surrey Timbers and piece of ma...